AUSTIN, Texas — A number of universities across Texas are seeking funding for multi-million construction and renovation projects in the coming legislative session, adding up to approximately $3 billion in funding requests.
LARAMIE, Wyo. — A new science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) building will debut on the University of Wyoming campus in Laramie later this spring.
KALAMAZOO, Mich. — Students of the Washington Writers’ Academy in Kalamazoo, Mich. returned to their new, “old” school on Jan. 5 after construction on the historic building had relocated them since mid-2013.
HOUSTON — The Houston area has seen a boom in school construction ever since a $1.89 billion bond issue was passed in 2012, funding a variety of Houston Independent School District (HISD) projects. Forty schools are slated for renovation or replacement with the 2012 bond funds, reported the Houston Chronicle, and 17 of these projects have been moved from the design phase to the construction phase.
Interna-Rail by Hollaender is a sleek, sophisticated architectural handrail system that offers strength, durability and corrosion resistance in any environment. Interna-Rail is an in-line, fitting-based system designed to combine the clean look of welded rail with all the benefits of mechanical system fittings, and can be used to make two- or three-line railings. Interna-Rail systems can be designed to meet any building code and have been used in a variety of architectural, educational, public works and stadium applications.
Trustees of Campbell University, located in Buies Creek, N.C., have named J. Bradley Creed the university’s next president. Creed is currently provost and professor of religion at Samford University, prior to which he served as dean of the George W. Truett Seminary at Baylor University. Creed received a Bachelor of Arts in religion from Baylor University, graduating cum laude. He later earned a master’s degree in divinity and a Ph.D.
